Dental appliance



Patented Nov. 13, 1923..

FATENT FRANK T. IV'IGCL %SKE'Y, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

DENTAL APPLIANCE.

Application filed September 8, 1920. Serial No. 408,930.

To aZZ whom it magi j concern Be it known that l, FRANK T. MQQLAs- KEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of. Sacramento. and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Dental Appliance, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved dental appliance that is especially designed to be used by persons suffering from toothache and has for its principal object the provision of a. novel device of this nature that includes a body portion provided with means to retain a support on a bottle of'tooth-ache medicine in connection therewith and affords facilities for the proper placing of the pellet in the tooth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature that is extremely simple in construction, strong" and durable, and highly practicable from both the standpoint of the manufacturer and of the user, and which, it is believed, will be manufactured at a minimum cost.

There is further obiects and advantages which become apparent during the cont-inuation of the following description.

These objects are accomplished by such means as are shown in their preferred form in the accompanying drawings, described in the following" specification and more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing wherein like characters designatelike parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device,

Figures 2 and 3 are sections taken on the lines 2-2 and 3-3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Figure 4 is a plan view of the clamp used in connection with the device.

By referring! to the drawing in detail it will be seen that 1 designates a pair of tweezers which may be of any preferred construction and as shown the legs are held at one end by means of rivet 2 while the other ends thereof normally diverge from each other and are curved from the main body portion thereof so as to terminate in a relatively sharp point. Intermediate the ends of the legs of the tweezers 1 there are provided the openings 3 for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

tooth pick 4 is pivotally mounted upon the rivet 2 so that same may swim in between the legs of the tweezers 1 or so as to extend therefrom when it is desired to use same. This tooth pick may be of any preferred construction and it will be readily seen is very useful in a device of this nature.

A clamp 5 which is formed from a strip of metal having a slot 6 at one end and a tongue at its other end so that the ends thereof may be interlappcd if provided to extend around the legs of the tweezers 1 intermediate the ends thereof as is clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing. The body portion of the clamp is provided with the struck out lips 8 which will be bent so as to penetrate the openings 3 and then bent again so as to extend parallel with the intersurfaces of the legs of the tweezers 1 thus efliciently holding the clamp in place. The clamp is also provided with the notches 9 so that the arms 10 of the clamp may overlap as is shown in Figure 3 of the drawing and be curved in circular formation and have their ends connected by means of the tongue 7 and slot 6. This circular portion formed by the arms 10 is adapted to hold the bottle 11 which will contain toothache pellets or other desirable tooth-ache medicine.

The advantage of retaining the bottle 11 in close proximity to the tweezers l at all times it will be apparent, since the operator may quickly remove one of the pellets and place the same in or next to the affected tooth. Furthermore, by the provision of the novel form of bracket disclosed the bottle 11 may be quickly and easily arranged in con nection with the removal therefrom. Furthermore it will be noted that the device is compact and may be easily carried from place to place and has all the necessary elements in a compact form for treating a tooth-ache.

From the foregoing description it is believed that the advantages and features of my invent-ion will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art and therefore further detailed description is deemed unnecessary.

In reducing my invention to practice I find that the form referred to herein as the most practical and preferred embodiment is the most eflicient, but realizing that certain con ditions necessarily vary in concurrence with the adoption of my device, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minorchanges in the details of construction and the proportion of parts may be resorted to when required withoutsa crificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined in the ap ended claims. v

aving thus fully described my invention what I claim as newiand desire to secure for Letters Patent is '1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pa r of tweezers including a pair of legs having aligned openings formed therein, a supporting bracket surrounding the legs and provided with struck-out bendable tongues for penetrating from a single blank of sheet metal comprising an open base portion for receiving the tweezers bendable securing tongues formed on the base for engaging the tweezers and a clamping ring 'carrie'dby the base for receiving the bottle of medicine.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK T. MOCLASKEY. Witnesses DAL M. TEMMON,

MARIONA. Vnnns. 

